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At the moment, car sales at a discount under the program exceeded 131 thousand cars. Among them, according to Ministry of industry and trade, through the recycling program it was sold 87,261 (66.43%), through trade-in - 44,095 vehicles.

Largest investor of Kaliningrad region and one of the largest Russian manufacturers - group "Avtotor" - underpaid for the state 3.5 billion Rubles in taxes, calculated FTS. Office finds that the company understated its taxable income at the expense of expensive equipment lease in related structure.

Development and production of cars of the "Cortege" project will cost the Russian treasury 8,051 billion rubles. The corresponding amount is in the portal for the state procurement, posted by the Ministry of Industry.

Russia will become the largest car market in Europe, as consumers will begin to pay more attention to the dynamic characteristics of the car and they will be ready to pay more for the advanced features and capabilities.

According to the agency “Auto-Dealer-Yekaterinburg", in January-October of 2014 in Yekaterinburg it was sold 63,192 new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles - it is less by 19% than the same period of the last year.

Within two days Forum of automotive industry "AUTO INDUSTRY. AUTOCOMPONENTS" - will be held in Togliatti in the framework of the 8th international specialized exhibition on November 26th and 27th, 2014.

According to the agency “Auto-Dealer-SPb", the market of new cars and light commercial vehicles in St. Petersburg fell by 9% to 152,753 vehicles in January-October of 2014. The results of October were slightly lower than the car sales in September – it was sold 15,604 cars, which is less by 11% than in October of 2013.

St. Petersburg group "World of Packaging" intends to invest 4.06 billion Rubles in the construction in Tatarstan in the SEZ "Alabuga" the third Russian plant with design capacity of 24 thousand tons a year.

"Volga Engineering Plant", which was as a non-core asset removed from the AvtoVAZ in 2011 and, according to the agency "AUTOSTAT", it was passed to "Rostechnologii", returned under the wing of Togliatti auto giant - now as a subsidiary.

Plant "Renault Russia" in Moscow completed the production of hatchbacks Renault Sandero of the first generation. Production of model began in Russia at the end of 2009 and sales started in March of 2010.

In Moscow, one dealership sells in average 100 vehicles per month, in St. Petersburg - about 60 cars. A similar situation is in Nizhny Novgorod and Krasnodar (60 cars). Average regional center sells 30-50 cars a month, but there are regions where, according to the analytical agency "AUTOSTAT", this number does not exceed 10.

"GAZ Group" will begin to assemble cars at the production facilities in the Crimea. It was announced by the head of the republic, Sergey Aksenov, by adding that it is about a large assembly, and a road map for the implementation of the project will be agreed between the authorities of the Crimea and the company until December 1st.

The company Volvo Car Russia has opened a new dealership of sales and service of cars. «VOLVO CAR Izhevsk" - is the first official dealer of Volvo in Izhevsk, which is able to meet the demand for Volvo cars and their maintenance among residents of the city and the Udmurt Republic.

St. Petersburg GM plant at the beginning of 2015 will start SKD-assembly of SUVs Chevrolet Tahoe and Cadillac Escalade of new generation. Currently, by the SKD-method is already produced SUV Chevrolet Trail Blazer

The news about the termination of sales of SEAT vehicles in Russia from the January 1st, 2015 and leaving of the brand from the automotive market of the country has caused a concern of Association of "Russian car dealers" (ROAD).

About a quarter of motorists buy used car without checking the technical condition. Such conclusion was made by experts of Superavtomarket "Formula 91", by analyzing how Russian motorists check the technical condition of a used car before purchasing it.

Due to the unstable situation in the heavy truck market and to avoid the overstocking of finished products, November 26th and 27th were announced at KAMAZ as idle days with payment in the amount of two-thirds of the average wage.

The team of young engineers of Togliatti State University in 2014 has established one of the unofficial records, which surprised pleasantly the organizers of the Russian stage of the "Formula Student".

Professional community of utilizers "RUSLOM COM" weekly on Wednesdays will provide for the Ministry of Industry of the Russian Federation a list of VIN numbers of taken for disposal vehicles within the State Program of parc renovation, and the Ministry will send this report to automakers for the control of dealers (also for the verification of the facts of cars transferring to "pseudo-utilizers" that dissembled these cars for parts and sell).

In Nizhny Novgorod it was started the production of cargo version of the car Sprinter Classic. As noted in “Mercedes-Benz Rus”, the decision about the start of production was made after the careful analysis of the car market on the basis of frequent customer requests of the brand.

Company Renault launches in Russia a new program "Just Leasing", within which with down payment 30% for up to three years, the customer may buy in leasing up to three Renault vehicles for its parc within two working days and the preliminary decision is made within 20 minutes.

Individual has bought for 110 thousand receivables of LLC "Taganrog Automobile production" (LLC "TagAutoProm", created on the production sites of car plant "TagAz") in the amount of 355.347 million Rubles, including VAT.

In the official dealerships of "Ural" it was launched its own preferential purchase program of cars "Ural". As part of the program, the new buyers of "Ural" receive a discount of up to 350 thousand rubles for old trucks and special vehicles on the chassis "Ural".

Subsidiary of KAMAZ in India will export the assembled on its territory trucks to the third countries. It was announced by the CEO of KAMAZ, Sergey Kogogin, by adding that the issue of supply of cars from India to Myanmar and Bangladesh is being considering currently.

Audi Company has introduced the technology of obtaining of usable diesel fuel from air and water. Device that performs this operation was set at the pilot enterprise of the German automaker in Dresden.

Today in "Super-Auto" it was given the official start of production of cars LADA Priora with new original 1.8-liter engine that develops 123 HP with power at 5600 rev / min. The company's specialists argue that torque of 145 Nm is reached at 2200 \ m, and the maximum torque is 165 Nm - at 4000 rev / min.

Turkmenistan will buy 1,492 units of trucks and special equipment "KAMAZ", as well as spare parts for the sum of 125 million Dollars. According to President of Turkmenistan, Gurbangula Berdimuhamedov, vehicles of the Russian plant is used widely in various sectors of the economy and "proved itself from the best side."

Sales of passenger cars in Europe, including the EFTA countries, increased by 6.2% to 1,112 628 cars in October. According to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), among the largest car markets in Europe the fall was shown only by France (-3.8%), whereas in the other countries it was recorded an increase - from 3.7% in Germany to 26.1% in Spain.

AvtoVAZ increased revenues from contract assembly 5.5 times up to 25.56 billion Rubles for the nine months of 2014. The share of revenue of AvtoVAZ grew by 15.3% to 18.83% due to the contract assembly in the total revenue.